Palermo: more than a thousand immigrants were saved in aid operations about thirty miles off the Libyan coast last night. They were trying to reach Italy aboard six motorized rubber rafts and one old fishing boat. Aboard the fishing boat were crowded 400 migrants, who were saved by te British ship Enterprise. Three other ships, Read More
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1,000+ immigrants just saved at sea, crossing from Africa to Sicily
October 28, 2015
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SHort Break: Favignana Photos
October 28, 2015
Circa early- to mid-1990s. Here's the video link in case the embed code does not work:
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Signora Maria from Ciolino
October 24, 2015
Signora Maria and Dottoressa Riccobene in Ciolino.
I just came across an old photo of Signora Maria, who was the subject of the first chapter in Stone Boudoir. She is being held by one of the twin Riccobene sisters, either Antonietta or Rosaria, the pharmacists in Ciolino.
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Palermo has the largest Ficus macrophylla on the continent
October 22, 2015
Here it is: Ficus macrophylla at Garibaldi Park at Piazza Marina, near the sea
Its siblings in the Orto Botanico (Botanic Garden) are rivals for the title of largest Ficus macrophylla in Europe. I love their aerial roots, majestic girth and shade.
8 immigrants found dead
October 19, 2015
Seven women and one man were found dead aboard a rubber raft rescued off the coast of Libya today. The dead had apparently died from asphyxiation and struggle, according to La Repubblica. The other 113 aboard were taken to a safe place by an Italian military ship. Over the weekend a total of 1,300 immigrants were rescued at sea. Read More
662 immigrants saved yesterday
October 18, 2015
662 people fleeing from Africa were saved in four rescue operations off the coast of Libya yesterday.
Rick Steves at the Ballaro` suq in Palermo
October 15, 2015
Rick Steves did a good job on this short clip of merchants singing their wares.
A raft to save them
October 7, 2015
A group of young German utopians on Sunday moored a rescue platform for migrants off the Sicilian coast. They designed it, built it and financed it with crowdfunding. A delegation from the collective Zentrum für Politische Schönheit literally Center for Political Beauty- left the port of Licata shortly after dawn and at Read More
402 immigrants arrived Lampedusa yesterday
October 7, 2015
Last night 402 immigrants arrived at Lampedusa, a Sicilian island, the part of Europe closest to north Africa, aboard a the Coast Guard boat which rescued them. They were Somalis, Eritreans, and Syrians.
717 african immigrants saved
October 5, 2015
lost at sea
The Italian Coast Guard ship Dattilo saved 717 African immigrants on two different rickety boats overnight 50 miles off the Libyan coast.
2 years ago this photo didn't move people; all the dead were black
October 3, 2015
Two years ago today a migrant boat just a few feet from Europe's shores flipped over when it arrived in the dark and someone lit a shirt on fire to alert authorities and everyone moved to one side of the boat to avoid the flames. Worldwide reaction: shock, then forgetting, moving on. Survivors are Read More